Turntable



Nom 25, 1924.

C. J. HUG

TURNTABLE Filed Oct. ll

Patented Nov. 25, 1924,

CHRISTIAN J'. HUG, OF HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HUG- GOIVIPANY, OF HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OIF ILLINOIS.

TURNTABLE.

Application filed October 11, 1923.

To all who/mf it 712m/ concern.'

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN J. HUG, a citizen of the United States of America, rcsiding at Highland, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turin tables, of which the following is a specific-ation, reference being had therein to the accompanying' drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in turntables for motor driven vehicles and the like, and has for its obj ect to provide a portable vehicle-receiving structure having a pair of transportation wheels, a pair of adinstable inclined skids, a self-adjusting rearend supporting mechanism, and a central base-plate secured to the body of the structure by the axis-member upon which said body is rotatably mounted.

Drawings.

In thc drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is al side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Description.

The pivotally-mounted frame A comprises the side-channels 4-4 suitably spaced to receive the wheels of a vehicle; a stop-block 5 to limit the forward movement of the vehicle to be turned; skid-channels 6 6 hinged at 7 to the rear ends of the side-channels 4 1 and connected to each other by the bar S.

The crosswbrace 9 carries at its terminals brackets 10-10 in which are mounted. axles 11 carrying the transportation wheels 12.

rIhe sill 13 has secured to its lower face the ball 14 held in the socket-base 15 which in turn carries the base-plate 16 equipped with the circular track 17 on which the roll ers 18 (mounted beneath the braces 19 19) travel.

llVhen the vehicle is to be driven onto the turntable the free ends of the skid-channels 6 6 rest on the road-bed as shown in Fig. 2. When the vehicle has been received Serial No. 667,807.

by the frame A the skid-channels 6 6 are drawn upward into approximately vertical position by a forward thrust on the handlever 20, acting through the rod 21 and the standard 22 (with which standard 22 either or both of the skid-channels 6 6 is equipped) The rear or receiving ends of the channels 4 4 are equipped with the eccentric arcuate shoes 23, mounted at 7 as shown and each having a spring 24 exerting a forward pull to draw the shoe 23 into close contact with the road-bed, to the end that if there be a depression in the road-bed beneath the shoe 23 the pull of the spring 24 will draw and rotate the shoe 23 forward upon its axis 7 until the adjustment pulls the bottom of the shoe 23 into rm contact with the bottom of such depression.

Vhen it is desired to move the turntable to a new location a suitable tractor is connected to the bar 8, the wheels 12 are locked with their axles 11 at right angles to the channels 4 4, said locking being effected by the arm 25 (extending rearwardly from each of the vertical a-Xle rods 26, and locked to the upper face of the bracket 10, by means of a pin 27).

The skid-channels 6 6 are attached to the shoes 23-23 by chains 2S, so that when said skid-channels 6 6 are drawn into verti cal position as above described they draw the shoes 23 23 with them, and out of contact with the road-bed.

The hand-lever 20 is mounted as shown at the front end of the frame A and forward of the stop-block 5, and serves a handle to rotate the turntable as well as a, lever to raise and lower the skid-channels 6 6.

Ulaz'ms.

I claim 1. In a turn-table, a vehicle receiving frame having at its receiving end an eccentric arcuate shoe, and means to rotate said shoe to fit depressions in the road-bed.

2. A turn-table embodying twoV side-chan nels; a stop-block at its front end; skid-channels mounted at the rear ends of said sidechannels; and a single hand-lever mounted at the front end of the turn-table and forward of said Stopeblook, arranged to raise and lower said skid-Channels and to serve as a handle to rotate the turn-table.

3. A turn-table comprising n combination a rotatable frame; skid-ehanne1shngedly mounted at the rear end of said frame; an

In testimony whereof I have hereunto yaIXed my signature.

CHRISTIAN J. HUG. 

